Audience reviews
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Caeruleus_CCXVI
4.5/10 ~ Fine movie, terrible sequel / conclusion
(Season 1: 5/10)
(Season 2: 6.5/10)
(Movie: 4.5/10)
[Overall Rating: 5.75/10]
This movie has to rank for myself among the worst Gundam has to offer only beating out F91 and Green Diver lol. I really just wish I skipped this one, and just watched a couple of high lights. They could have done so much with this movie as a continuation, a prequel or just expanded some of the conflicts in either season. This as a sequel made me have flash backs to Darling in the Franxxx's last 5 or so episodes lol
Pros:
- Some of these mech designs are kinda peak
- Action is almost as good as season 2 but better then season 1
- No matter how much I really dont like the ending to this, its very late 70's/early 80's Gundam objectively
Cons:
- Fighting mindless…
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This film gives 00 a great definitive ending, but it's execution is a little disappointing. It's still definitely worth a watch for people who watched the show, even if it's a little disappointing.
Watching this right after watching the 00 show, it's obvious that the show wasn't written with the intention of making this movie. The show was extremely tightly written with no loose ends, so this movie has to awkwardly contrive a plot just to exist. The comparison is pretty jarring and makes the film seem like more of an afterthought.
The music and visuals are to the same standard as the show, but with a little bit of additional quality thanks to it being a film. The music is now done by a real orchestra instead of the show's midi orchestra, but it still feels consistent with the music in th…
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[Edit] I liked Gundam 00. It is one of my favorites. The show had some problems, but I was OK, because, overall, it was a great show, with amazing mechas and a decent story (excluding the conclusion of Season 2). Then, they released this OVA. Let me explain, it is not bad, but it is not good either. I`ll leave my opinions so you decide for yourself.
Story: It starts pretty well, and you have high hopes. The end of Gundam 00 leaves some questions behind how the OVA is going to proceed, right? I mean, you are reading a review for the OVA, I assume you`ve watched the show. Well, so, it actually starts well, and they give you a reason for some events that happened in the main series.
Then... I don`t know, it becomes a mess. It goes from a 10 to a 0 so fast that you will get lost, thinking "w…
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This is one of those 10s where I just said "You know what, I liked it. Its not perfect, but its not worth thinking hard about what I didn't like."
I didnt like the ending. I didnt like the enemy all that much. The foreshadowing combined with the whole motif made the end a bit obvious with a little thinking of why the aliens behaved like they did. Feldt kind of ghosted at the end despite the effort they put into her being the best girl. There really was a lot of things I didn't care for or find amusing.
But I just could not help but still be captivated by the movie. It did give me an end to the series that was satisfying enough (not sure how the alleged third season will play out) and the action and animation was top dollar. Honestly the little kid in me grinned every time I would see the…
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The pros of this movie:
1) Not one but TWOOOO Haros. Let's just say that I only finished this movie for Haro.
2) You get to see more of the characters from the show 00.
3) Good animation and sound.
Cons:
1) The story is not traditional Gundam. It is a continuation of the weird supernatural stuff from the end of 00. So some might like this aspect but I personally did not.
That's pretty much it. If you're bored and need something to watch I would recommend this movie but if there are other anime series that you are contemplating watching I would recommend those.
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As a continuation that wraps up the original TV show, it feels kind of... out of place. After seeing such a realistic setting with pretty much serious tone, then we get, eh, aliens? Yeah, I know that it was already been teased in the original series, but it still feels weird for me.
Anyway, this movie wraps up Aeolia Schenberg's whole plan from the TV series; aliens came for invasion to Earth. I address it that way because that's the way it is; the main conflict is already resolved in the original 00 series (albeit it might still leave some questions behind), so this one is just an addition to it. Characters also feel more flat compared to their TV series' counterpart, even the newly introduced characters barely played anything significant here.
I'm not really fond on how they conclude t…
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Not gonna lie, I expected worse.
*Spoilers for Gundam 00 Awakening of the Trailblazer*
So, let me get this out of the way. A lot of people seem to believe that this is the only bad installment in the Anno Domini timeline of Gundam, as well as the worst by that virtue. I disagree wholeheartedly. Yes, this film is insanely dumb, with asspull after asspull, and it is preachy as hell, but the second season had a lot of these same problems, and actually, as controversial as this may sound, that installment's even worse. At least this film doesn't ruin any characters, given that it redeems some of them instead. It's no preachier or more contradictory than the second season either. It's still a bad anime, just not as bad as its predecessor. So, what made this film resonate so poorly with the An…
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A quick preface to say that if you haven't read my review for the Gundam 00 series then I recommend that you do because this is going to be written relative to what I said there. And one of the things I said was “I'm finally done with Gundam 00.”, but oh ho ho this is the Gundam series that just will not quit. With this two hour movie Gundam 00 is just barely the longest Gundam series ever made... for better and worse as it continues the downward trend that happened through most of season 2. But season 2 still generally held on to the series's good qualities and didn't succumb to its missteps. Can the movie accomplish the same? Let's take a look. Also, expect spoilers or skip to the final para…
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Two hours. Two hours gone that I will never again get back. Two hours in which I could have done much better things with my life. Who knows, I could've created the next Flappy Bird clone in that two hours but no, I spent it watching this. So instead, I pass the torch onto you. Recreate Flappy Bird. Don't watch this.
Conceptually, this movie could have been something great. The basic premise, though simple, could have easily been expanded into a whole 'bother season. For the first time in some 30 odd years, the Gundams aren't fighting other humans. They are fighting an alien race. You would think that the creators would have went all out on this idea and made it at least on the same level as the series it's based upon but, alas, failure and disappointment are all that we get.
***Be forewa…
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The fact that the score for this is 7.48 is incredibly misleading and I cannot fathom how it has a score that high. This movie is a 4 at best, its bad. How is it bad? Well... if you liked Gundam 00, imagine stripping it of all character development, all creativity, all plot, all suspense... and all sense, only to leave you with one of the dumbest premises/villains ever.
Gray intergalactic blobs are attacking!! and the Gundam team needs to teach them the meaning of love and peace. No really... thats it. That is the entire plot of the movie. No, seriously... that really is it! It has nothing else building on the Gundam 00 series, just... intergalactic gray space blobs that can mimic and absorb matter and we need to not fight them and instead teach them love and peace.
The animation was no…
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Easily the worst in Gundam franchise
Gundam was a show that while heavily defined by action sequences, but also displayed various aspects of human emotions.
How scary war is, about how enemy might be an enemy but they can't be considered evil, clash of values between characters, etc. Gundam series portrayed those clearly, so Gundam was always a great show that both risen your adrenaline by awesome actions while at the same time moved your heart.
This latest movie of 00 have no such things...
First, they fight freaking aliens, which was a taboo for Gundam series. The reason is clear, fighting a mindless being like robot or monster was always less heart moving than fighting a sentient being and especially of the same race like humans. You can massacre millions of robots and monsters and…
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This film is infamous for its full fledged alien (fossilised space whales appear in SEED) in the Gundam franchise, and I agree this I a bad thing, Gundam introduced human antagonists in order to make them more relatable and the conflicts ambiguous. This is an alien invasion story, while the ELS were oblivious to their attacks at first, this is the problem you cannot sympathize with the ELS properly as they have a different concept of morality, you can sympathize with the oppressed spacenoids that made up Zeon, the abandoned humans that became the Vagan, and ZAFT being victims of racism.
Secondly, Feldt declares her love for Setsuna out of the blue, although I like the pairing it just wasn't introduced right, it makes sense that they have been comrades for a long time but there wasn't any b…
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Sequel to 2nd season of Gundam 00
Anno Domini Timeline
1st Franchise with "Aliens"
Spoiler (Might also spoil your enjoyment of whatever enjoyment you can get outta this)
You know that mock film that's shown in the 1st 5 min of the movie? I would rather watch that. This doesnt deserve my Pro/Con format cause I couldn't find anything "Pro" about it. Let me just list down SOME of the bad
- WTH happened to these characters? They're all over the place. (Why is Ribbons here?)
- Faceless antagonist (just a bunch of funnels really)
- Pacing is wack (I kinda wanted at least a montage of preparation against the funnels but *insert Spongebob Time Card*)
- Action is pointless (fighting funnels?)
- Felt is hurting herself by liking a guy who thinks he's a Gundam.
- DAT ENDING!! WTF?!
In the end, I c…
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First original Gundam theatrical feature in almost two decades. The directorial talent behind Fullmetal Alchemist. The musical scoring of Kenji Kawai. The inclusion of aliens for the first time in the franchise's thirty year history. The namesake of a cultural phenomenon. To the cynical mind, Awakening of the Trailblazer could have almost instantly been dismissed as a failure due to the surrounding hype, the general attitude of indifference many fans have adopted thanks to Sunrise's shaky track record, and just the general air of disapproval by the die-hard Universal Century fans arguing that Gundam has just 'lost' its way.
Which actually brings up an interesting quirk about Gundam 00. For a series that has drawn a huge number of parallels to Gundam Wing, and even Zeta Gundam thanks to th…
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Don't you just love when you think things go ok and then they just sink down so low?........Don't answer that.
Story: I would have given it a 6 but meh I went with 7 cause of the other 2 seasons.Firstly,Sunrise...do NOT make a movie if you want to, in the end,skip a timeline of 50 years or so.....The biggest problem in this was the after-credits timeline skip which I believe we all could have done well without.It's practically saying to all of us '' Oh well yah...and now every1 is actually dead or damn old almost ready to die and Setsuna and Tieria are only ones not affected'' add to that a shiny Setsuna and a blind-old-Marina.......and you can practically see the ''GLOOM'' words written on our faces,especially after we saw the before-credits ending and we all went ''Oh!Hope!...Setsuna le…
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Like alot of other people who saw and enjoyed the TV Series, I was hyped up for this film. Although I did keep a few lingering doubts in my mind to make sure that the hype didn't ruin the film for me. Obviously being a movie, certain elements have to be condensed in order to function, so the question is: does Awakening of the Trailblazer serve as a fitting conclusion to Gundam 00? Well...Yes and no. Let's go over the main aspects of the story. This is the first entry in the franchise to introduce aliens, which is of course one of the film's biggest selling points. The ELS do make for interesting obstacles, as merely touching them can mean a slow painful death. Combined with the fact that they're literally everywhere on the battlefield adds a feeling of horror and suspense that (let's be ho…
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I had high expectations when I first heard of a gundam movie (although I shouldn't have with the crappy ending of 00) and I was thoroughly disappointed. The artwork and sound were fantastic as you would expect from an anime movie made in 2010 but it couldnt make up for all of its flaws.
Firstly, the story just didnt make any sense and it just seemed like it was trying to push some kind of peace message. The fighting was not very good and somewhat sparse throughout the movie. Honestly, this disappointed me the most as I was looking forward to some badass fighting.
The movie also introduced a lot of characters out of the blue and many for no reason. Also it was odd that everyone from 00 somehow became friends (and lovers...) quite quickly. I found it very weird when random characters wer…
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When Gundam 00 finished its broadcast, I was quite excited to hear that there was going to be a film sequel to resolve the last part of Aeolia's plan mentioned in the TV series and that it would be the first Gundam iteration in the 30 years of its existence that would actually have aliens included in the story.
A Wakening of the Trailblazer takes place 2 years after the end of season 2 where peace is slowly starting to come true with the A-Laws disbanded, but with the arrival of a bizarre alien life form called the ELS from a space ship sent to Jupiter over a hundred years ago, all hell breaks loose and Celestial Being must step in again to save humanity.
Even with this basic plot, I was very excited to actually be able to see this film because I am a rather big fan of Gundam, but upon…
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To be very serious in reviewing this movie, I would say this is not at all a gundam series and that falls into several big problems that this series has.
Art; 8 points
Firstly, the art it is self is great, it is what you would be expecting out of a movie at this time from the Gundam anime industry. It represent a lot about how much the art has developed through time in the Gundam history. However, it is not the best art and graphic you can find from Gundam. Unicorn on the other hand is an OVA series yet, its attention to small details and effects are amazing and flawless. Therefore, in compare to an OVA airs about the same time that has better qualtiy overall, a movie has this level of art cannot receive its full marks.
Sound: 8 points
The sound effect is solid. It fits the movie really…
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I would say out of all the up coming sequels Gundam 00: Awakening of the Trailblazer was on the top 5 of my list. After much anticipation, I would have to say it was a bit of a disappointment.
Story: 7
I would say the biggest problem I had with this movie is its storyline. It was pretty generic as far as mecha anime story lines go. I was expecting something new. It flows somewhat well and keeps you into it throughout. It also builds wonderfully to a climactic ending battle seen, the only problem is that it just ends. It seemed as if they couldnt figure a spectacular way to end the story so they thought up something stupid. My initial reaction was,"That's it?" Also make sure you keep watching after the credits because the story tries to redeem itself with something extra but just adds more…
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